Grassland — Area from MODIS in Botswana
Botswana: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 30,529 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Botswana, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Botswana recorded 30,529 1000 ha for grassland — area from modis in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.6% on the previous year and down 15.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Botswana peaked at 36,678 1000 ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 29,511 1000 ha, in 2020.
That places Botswana 24th out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Botswana, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 34,256 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 34,580 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 35,665 1000 ha | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 36,678 1000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 34,110 1000 ha | -7.0% |
| 2006 | 33,787 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 31,851 1000 ha | -5.7% |
| 2008 | 32,772 1000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 33,032 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 32,267 1000 ha | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 32,572 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 34,185 1000 ha | +5.0% |
| 2013 | 34,450 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 35,987 1000 ha | +4.5% |
| 2015 | 32,998 1000 ha | -8.3% |
| 2016 | 32,410 1000 ha | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 32,481 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 31,182 1000 ha | -4.0% |
| 2019 | 30,348 1000 ha | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 29,511 1000 ha | -2.8% |
| 2021 | 30,866 1000 ha | +4.6% |
| 2022 | 31,246 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 31,011 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 30,529 1000 ha | -1.6% |
Botswana compared with similar countries
- Botswana's 30,529 1000 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 814.65 1000 ha, 37.5× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Botswana's 30,529 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4,642 1000 ha, 6.6× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 34,081 1000 ha | 31,851 1000 ha | 36,678 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 32,888 1000 ha | 30,348 1000 ha | 35,987 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 30,633 1000 ha | 29,511 1000 ha | 31,246 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
- 21 Nigeria 34,738 1000 ha compare
- 22 Peru 33,248 1000 ha compare
- 23 Zimbabwe 32,253 1000 ha compare
- 24 Côte d'Ivoire 4,463 1000 ha compare
- 25 Somalia 25,963 1000 ha compare
- 25 Caribbean 1,576 1000 ha compare
- 26 Burkina Faso 25,374 1000 ha compare
- 26 Cabo Verde 269.6 1000 ha compare
- 27 Niger 25,190 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Botswana
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 6.04 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 6.49 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.381 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.443 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -4.05 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.3323 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from modis in Botswana?
- Grassland — area from modis in Botswana was 30,529 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 36,678 1000 ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 29,511 1000 ha in 2020.
- How does Botswana rank for grassland — area from modis?
- Botswana ranks 24th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Botswana data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Grassland — Area from MODIS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.